Yeah...I'm Still Here!

But barely! Recently it has been sickness galore in my house! I believe we may have even been hit with the swine flu around here. Hey we survived but it was tough, the worst flu I ever had! Maybe now I can relax and not get scared about it...

Here are some Halloween pictures of the family, it was great but cold. Of course Kaylee had to be a beautiful "fairy princess", as she called her costume. I haven't shared Kaylee's peculiar preference for dresses and skirts, have I? Well this girl LOVES to look pretty. She prefers dresses and skirts everyday. She will wear pants, but begrudgingly so. I am sure she would wear makeup if I let her.

















As for an update, Kaylee is doing so well. Most days we have NO tantrums whatsoever, unless she is exposed to some chemical or allergen, but the right allergen extract shot turns her right back around. I don't know what I would do without those things. Sometimes I have these far out worries that there will be some sort of nuclear holocaust and I will not be able to get Kaylee her medicine...but thats kinda overboard, right?

I want to get some before and after footage on here...but I have most of my older videos burned onto a DVD and I am not sure how to convert it to a file that I can put onto the website. Anyone know how I can do that?

Thats all for now!

A Great Discovery In Autism Research

This is very exciting news, and I am hoping that this news opens the doors into an awareness that there is an infectious component in the etiology of autism. A new retrovirus has been implicated as a possible factor of causation in autism and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in adults. I have always wondered if there is some sort of HIV-like virus that was causing immune system dysfunction in our children and this could be it!

If you are interested in hearing more about this please watch these two brief videos:

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Part Two:

Who would've thought????

...that a simple pumpkin could mean so much?


But this pumpkin stands for a lot around here. It symbolizes normalcy, living life...the way other people do.

Normalcy is a little something we haven't had in this house for 3 years.

The last three years have been tumultuous, so I didn't really use my energy to decorate for holidays. I just couldn't muster up the enthusiasm. This year is going to be different. Starting now.

Yeah. It's just a pumpkin carved into a jack-o-lantern. But round here, its a new beginning.

*Kaylee and Joey watch Grandpa carve a pumpkin

*Inquisitive kiddos gather round the new creation